 I remember hearing a devotee talking about chanting...this is when I was watching video footage before joining the movement in the mid 1980's. He made a profound and simple statement: "We chant Hare Krsna to control the mind" - here are some tips to help us focus the mind on the mantra.
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Question: Difference Between Gita & Vedas? |
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Answer: Gita is the Perfection of Vedic Wisdom |
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Bhagavad-gita knowledge describing the form and personality of God is the perfection of Vedic knowledge. Although the Vedas describe nirakara, the formless, impersonal concep |
saumyanusoce tam adhah-patantam
bhratre paretaya vidudruhe yah
niryapito yena suhrt sva-purya
aham sva-putran samanuvratena
saumya -- O gentle one; anusoce -- I lament; tam -- him; adhah-patantam -- gliding down; bhratre -- on his brother's; paretaya -- death; vidudruhe -- revolted against; yah -- one who; niryapitah -- driven out; yena -- by whom; suhrt -- well-wisher; sva-puryah -- from his own house; aham -- myself; sva-putran -- with his own sons; sam
Hare Krishna.
PAMHO. AGTSP. AGTSG&SG.
I was asked by many devotees about how we can manage time after we come to Krishna Conciseness (KC). Many think that if they start to chant 16 rounds of Hare Krishna Maha mantra, they will not be able to cope up with their prescribed duty. Be it a student or a working class, all are having this problem of managing the time effectively. Here is an attempt to help every one to improve our time management skills.I will be shearing a few of the tips that I learne
Why Onion and Garlic is prohibited in KC
Following information was sent via email sometime ago by HH Janananda Gosvami Maharaj. This in itself is a lot of research. Since there were many questions why No onion and Garlic in KC, I thought of shearing this information in a blog.
ONIONS AND GARLIC PROHIBITED AND AGITATING
Indian man: Relieving high blood pressure, best is garlic.
Prabhupäda: Garlic.
Indian man: Garlic, you don't want it. (laughter)
Prabhupäda: Garlic, onions, prohibited.
(Room Con
PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 13, 2011 – Srila Prabhupada: All over the world, or anywhere in the world, you can make this experiment, just as we are doing. Live very simply, be self-sufficient; get your necessities not from factories but from the farmland. And glorify God's holy names.
In this industrial set-up, capitalist or communist, only a few big men can be happy -- so-called happy -- at the expense of the other people. And because the others are being exploited or simply left unemployed by t
Question to Radhanath Swami: We are logical and rational beings but still why do we find it so tough to identify with the soul and stop identifying with the body?
Radhanath Swami Answers: All of us are conditioned since time immemorial by our own activities and by our own choices of seeking temporary and flickering pleasures for this body. And therefore to evoke our consciousness back to the qualities of soul and build again a relationship with God will require a total transformation of our lif
The need to accept discipleship of an enlightened guru is emphasized both by tradition and by the words of the scriptures. Yet, this step on the spiritual sojourn turns out to be a squirmy one for many. The difficulty arises due to ominous thoughts of loss of freedom. Haven’t you heard of grisly tales where disciples where punished by their masters for being disobedient?
Here I narrate my tale. Long time ago, I was afflicted by what I thought was bronchitis. My hacking cough pained me, but what
aho prthapi dhriyate 'rbhakarthe
rajarsi-varyena vinapi tena
yas tv eka-viro 'dhiratho vijigye
dhanur dvitiyah kakubhas catasrah
aho -- O my lord; prtha -- Kunti; api -- also; dhriyate -- bears her life; arbhaka-arthe -- for the sake of fatherless children; rajarsi -- King Pandu; varyena -- the best; vina api -- without him; tena -- him; yah -- one who; tu -- but; eka -- alone; virah -- the warrior; adhirathah -- commander; vijigye -- could conquer; dhanu
Srila Prabhupada was ready to depart for Hong Kong and Tokyo. Relaxing in his room with a few disciples, he gave some last minute instructions. Prabhupada told the devotees that in order to stay in Krsna consciousness, a devotee would have to become very tolerant. "When you become a devotee, sometimes your dearest friends will become like your enemies." He gave the example of the famous child-devotee Prahlada, whose nearest and dearest relative, his father
We must show an alternative to the exploitation of this world. In this world poor people are beaten down by the rich people. In Krishna Consciousness we have no concern with a person’s income. We honor and respect because of his faith, devotion and humility. In materialistic society, women are exploited and denied their rights because of their weaker physical natures. In Krishna Consciousness, we are taught to honor every woman especially devotee women as a holy mother and give them great respec
I overheard two men speaking. It was as if each person was trying to convince the other, and perhaps themselves, how many hours and how hard they were working, how few hours of sleep they were going to get, and, most of all, how tired they were going to be. I wasn’t quite sure if they were bragging or complaining, but one thing was certain, they were appearing more and more tired the longer the conversation continued.
The problem with anticipating tiredness in this way, or in any way, is that it
A small brief for those who do not know waht is Scientology
Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by speculative fiction author L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986), starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics.
Scientology teaches that people are immortal beings who have forgotten their true nature.[7] Its method of spiritual rehabilitation is a type of counselling known as auditing, in which practitioners aim to c
Therefore real peace and f
"One who passes the Catumasya season without observing religious vows,austerities and chanting of japa, such a fool although living should be consideredto be a dead man." (Bhavisya Purana)"
In the month of Sravana (July , August) one should refrain from eating spinach.In th e month of Bhadra (August, September) of yogurt ,in Asvina (September, October) milk .In Karttika (October, November) meat and urad dahl." (Skanda Purana)
Visnu Rahasya (Lord Brahma to Narada Muni): "If one accepts all theseVai
हे गुरुदेव जय हो तिहारी
हम पर रहे कृपा तिहारी
भटक रहे थे हमे रास्ता दिखाया
प्रभ मिलने का रास्ता दिखाया
चरणों में आपके है दुनिया हमारी
हे गुरुदेव जय हो तिहारी
पतितपावन हे दीन बंधू
करुना निधान हो युगपुरुष आप
सबसे अलग है महिमा तिहारी
हे गुरुदेव जय हो तिहारी
चरणों में हमको जगह देदो गुरुवार
हमे अपनी किरपा का पातर बना लो
झोली फैलाये बेठे है हम तो
डारो हमपे भी इक नज़र करुनामई
हे गुरुदेव जय हो तिहारी
श्रधा के फूल भक्ति का भोग
जलाये ह्रद
Merciful Appearance of Lord Nrsimhadev in Our Life
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Please accept our humble pranams! All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev !!
Recently we had gone through a real nightmare which I would like to share with all of you as it is still fresh in my memory. On 29th May 2011, my wife (HG Shilpa devi dasi) who was at the 7 month of her pregnancy was hospitalized. At 2 am she had severe bleeding and I had to drive her to the hospital, which was 60 miles away in a nei
